Suzanne Thurston spends all her free time working on her video game. This isn’t an ordinary gameinstead of using a normal controller, Suzanne designs the Total Immersion Interface, a virtual reality helmet that puts the player right in the game. Now Suzanne’s ready to test the game out, along with her two best friends, Brit and Mikayla. At first everything seems to go right as they fight monsters and take on a quest from King Ramses. But Suzanne’s about to learn that Io isn’t exactly how s...

It’s been a month of in-game time since the girls were trapped in Io, and while Mikayla, Suzanne and Brit have grown more powerful, their enemies have grown more dangerous. Now the girls find themselves allied with Queen Libra and the kingdom of Pyxis in a war against the treacherous King Ramses of Altair. Libra, in order to prevent further casualties, agrees to decide the conflict with single combat. With the weight of two kingdoms on their shoulders, the girls can’t afford a single misst...

With Ramses removed from power, Suzanne, Brit and Mikayla have spent the past weeks focusing on opening the Oracle Chamber and finally logging out. The girls aren’t having much success when they receive summons from Ramses. The deposed king has retreated to the swampy south of Altair to consolidate his power and has invited nobles from all over Io to attend a summit. Suspecting foul play, the girls decide to attend. Ramses has two new powerful allies, the sadistic Gemini and the mysterious...

Trapped in the game and betrayed by Ramses, the king of Altair, Brit, Mikayla and Suzanne flee to the queendom of Pyxis. As they travel through the two kingdoms, the girls learn more about the Pyxian-Altairi war ravaging Io. The girls befriend siblings Lynx and Leo, later learning that they are the Prince and Princess of Pyxis, the younger siblings of the current queen Libra. Still, despite all the intrigue and danger of Cyberspace, the girls can’t forget about their bodies in the real wor...

Although it’s only been two days in the real world, Brit, Mikayla and Suzanne have lived months in Io. Now, with NPCs turning into monsters, the virtual world has never been more dangerous. Their end game is finally clear: they must return to Zenith City, where their quest started. But with the combined armies of Altair and Pyxis hunting them, they will have to risk everythingand one of them is going to lose.

Ramses has captured Suzanne and is holding her prisoner in Fenhold. She has to find her way free before Ramses decides she’s no longer useful to him alive. Meanwhile, Brit and Mikayla have gone to Pyxis, seeking help from their old ally Leo, the new king. But Pyxis is nothing like they remember it, and neither is Leo. The girls have to contend with old enemies and former friends as they try to find a way back together.

The second book in the action-packed Bar Code series. They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't have them. The bar code rebellion. Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's mean forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long. . . . For reasons she doesn't completely understand--but will soon discover--Kayla is at the center of a lethal conspiracy that will soon threaten the very notion of freedom...

Thirteen-year-old Eli Papadopoulos is worried. Even though he’s a member of the most powerful family in the world. Even though his grandfather founded InfiniCorp, the massive corporation that runs everything in the bustling dome-cities. Even though InfiniCorp ads and billboards are plastered everywhere, proclaiming:DON'T WORRY! INFINICORP IS TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING!Recently, Eli noticed that there’s something wrong with the artificial sky. It keeps shorting out, displayin...

They dont call him Stink for nothing! Now kids can savor a smorgasbord of facts about smelly and vile stuff in honor of their favorite super sniffer. Did you know that a group of skunks is called a stench? (No lie!) Can you believe that in colonial days, window-washing rags were dipped in pee? Or that snail slime was once an ingredient in cough syrup? Stink has a nose for yuck and muck, and this book is full of it: moose poop festivals, mouse brain toothpaste, maggot cheese, and way more. ...

Escape one danger. Jump into another. . . .Twelve-year-old Hope has always felt a little different from everyone else who lives in White Rock. She tries hard, but she doesn’t always think before she acts. She takes big risks. Sometimes her risks pay off, but sometimes they fail. Sometimes she fails.Hope knows that the most dangerous thing about living in White Rock is that it’s so close to the deadly Bomb’s Breath—the invisible, fifteen-foot-thick band of c...

Everyone's favorite tale of good versus evil takes on a whole new look in this graphic novel! Join Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, and the rest of the heroes and villains from a galaxy far, far away in this graphic novel collection that retells the original three Star Wars films: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. You'll experience the saga in a way you never have before!

Zack and Amp get a serious surprise in the fifth installment of this intergalactic chapter book series by Nate Ball, the host of PBS's Design Squad and Design Squad Nation. Zack and his alien friend, Amp, discover that leverage can be an Earth-saving thing when they build a rocket-launching atlatl!Zack McGee's life has been filled with trouble since Amp, a four-inch-tall alien scout, crash-landed into Zack's bedroom. But now it's Amp's turn to be in the hot seat. When his commander...